Sunday Photos: Chupacabra And The Toolbird
We found this bicycle-riding fellow at a Mexican imports shop in Bandera, Texas. When we asked the owner what he thought it was, he laughed and said he’d come to think of it as a Chupacabra. Sounded fine to us.
We found this guy at an arts & crafts fair in Kerrville, Texas. There’s no question about his species. He’s a Toolbird, through and through.
Better a toolbird than a tool! They’re both wonderful, especially the rebar feet on the bird, but I’m really fond of that Chupacabra. He could fetch water for me any day.
I admire the creativity behind the toolbird, but the whimsy of the Chupacabra is wonderful. His only flaw is that the leaning flower pot you see on the back of his bicycle rusted out. Fixing that is on my to-do list, but it’s a minor issue for such an otherwise endearing character.